Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She carries a battered sickle and tarnished shortspear as well. Her hair is blonde and very short. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Artin lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Isabella was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. Her blue hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 900 pp. Azurite (8 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her gray fur has been sun bleached extensively. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, River is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 11000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Shamil is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Guardian, Family, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jet (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold music box (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a hunchback. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Rurik was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Rose (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Black opal (400 gp).